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Mnrk Zuckerberg, born on May 14. 1984, is an American computer programmer and businessman. As a Harvard student. He created the online social website Facebook, a site popular among students worldwide, with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He serves as Facebook’s CEO. He has been the subject of argument for the origins of his business and his wealth. Time Magazine added Zuckerherg as one of The World's Most Influential people 2008.  

Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Early on. Zuckerlrg enjoyed making computer programs, especially communication tools and games. He started programming when he was in middle school. While attending Phillips Exeter Academy in high school, he built a program to help the workers in his dad’s office communicate and a version(版本) of the game Risk. He also built a music player named Synapse that can learn the user’s listening habits. Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase Synapse and employ Zuckerberg, but instead he decided to attend Harvard University.  

Zuckerberg started Facebook from his Harvard dorm room on February 4, 2004. it quickly became a success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school’s studetts signed up in the first two weeks. It started off as just a “Havard-Thing,” until Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first spread it to Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Yale, and then to other schools with social contacts with Harvard. By the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had made Facebook available at almost forty-five schools and hundreds of thousands of people were using it.  

  

64.We can learn from the passage that       .  

A.Facebook suffered immediate failure when it first appeared  

B.Microsoft and AOL failed to take on Zuckerberg as a member  

C.people agree on the origins of Zuckerberg’s business and his wealth  

D.Zuckerberg began making computer programs after entering Harvard  

65.Zuckerberg started Facebook when he was ____.  

A.24                       B.22                 C.20                D.18  

66.Which of the following is the right order of the events related to Zuckerberg?  

A.He was admitted to Harvard University.  

B.He built d music player named Synapse..  

C.He was regarded as one of the World’s Most Influential People of 2008.  

D.He started making computer programs, communication tools and games.  

A.abdc                         B.bacd             C.cbda              d.dbac  

67.Which word can best describe Zuckerberg?  

A.Modest.                  B.Creative.           C.Outgoing.        D.Sensitive.  

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In prison a guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. At work you carry around a security card and unlock and open all doors yourself. In prison you can watch TV and play games. At work you get fired for watching TV and playing games (or being on the Internet). In prison you get your own toilet. At work you have to share. In prison they allow your family and friends to visit. At work you cannot even speak to your family and friends.

In prison all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required. At work you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. In prison you spend most of your life looking through bars (铁条), waiting to get out. At work you spend most of your time waiting to get out and inside bars. In prison there are wardens who are often sadistic(虐待成性的). At work they are called managers.

 

56. The author makes a contrast between a prisoner’s and an office worker’s lives in order to show that ____________.

   A. the former is more comfortable than the latter

   B. compared with prisoners, office workers have been badly treated

   C. it is unfair that a worker lives more miserably than a prisoner

   D. working in an office can be more restricting than being in prison

57. According to the passage, if an employee has performed well in the company, he will probably ____________.

   A. get a promotion                                             B. be given a pay rise

   C. receive a reward                                            D. have a heavier load

58. By saying “At work you spend most of your time wanting to get out and inside bars”, the author means that __________.

   A. an office worker always wants to leave his job and be put in prison

   B. an office worker always wants to leave his cubicle and be put in prison

   C. an office worker always wishes to have a drink at work

   D. an office worker always wishes to end a day’s work and go for a drink

59. Which of the following words can best describe a manager’s image in the author’s mind?

     A. Cruel.                      B. Strict.                      C. Kind.                D. Serious.

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